Wednesday December 6th 2023

 We welcomed two new players tonight, Simon Morad and Nourish Monaghan which brought the total players to 23.

Next week will be our last club meeting of the year. The top four players in our ladder, David, Gary, Jim and Aram will battle it out for the Club Champion title and crystal cube.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
David Reitzin	312
Gary Stavrou	308
Steve Clarry	307
Breck McCormack	210
Vazgen Panosian	208
Ben Anderson	208
Carol Wakelin	208
Sean Ghodsi	207
Adam Makda	203
Mackenzie Little	201
James Lyons	199
Jenny Saunders	195
Mahnaz Rostami	98
Simon Morad	98
Rafael Chattah	97
Aram Amirghan	97
Peter Voulgaris	94
Angelo Voulgaris	94
Jim Bean	93
Andrew Mowbray	92
Nourigh Minasghan	90
Nick Macoun	-9
Michael Raptis	-10

Ben looking to see if there are dice-controlling magnets under the table top Steve's protestations

Mackenzie's tongue reminds me of a cute puppy I once had

"You've got to be kidding me" is Steve's reaction to his opponent's roll

What happy little crappies we are at Sydney Backgammoners

Vazgen Panosian

Wednesday November 29th 2023

 Tonight we had 20 players including four newcomers.

We welcomed Jano Toussomian, Michael raptors, Ryan Brown and Amanda Pooley.

Nick Macoun drew the jackpot but fell short of the prize.

We thank Andrew Mowbray for donating nine books to our backgammon library. The backgammon gods rewarded Andrew's generosity with a winning place tonight.

FINAL	TOT
R3 RANKING	PTS
Andrew Mowbray	312
David Reitzin	312
Rafael Chattah	309
Mohammad Nejati	209
Jim Bean	208
Peter Voulgaris	207
Vazgen Panosian	205
Ryan Brown	204
Michael Raptis	200
Jenny Saunders	102
Breck McCormack	100
Angelo Voulgaris	97
Steve Clarry	95
Aram Amirghan	94
Mackenzie Little	94
John Symon	88
Gary Stavrou	-11
Nick Macoun	-15

Newcomer Ryan Brown playing with, and beating, Gary in Round 2

Breck and Andrew attract a bunch of onlookers